Crochet Pattern: Absolutely Easy Coffee Cup Sleeve

Quickly crochet this simple coffee cup sleeve to keep your hands from burning on that hot cup of coffee. Use your crocheted sleeve to replace the disposable sleeve at the coffee shop. Mix and match different colors to create a cozy sleeve that fits your personality! Coffee cups come in all different sizes, so follow the instructions within the pattern to make sure this sleeve fits your cups.

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Finished Size: 3″ (7.5 cm) in diameter, 2 3/4″ (7 cm) tall
Size may be adjusted to fit any coffee cup. Follow the instructions within the pattern to adjust the size.

26 Comments

I’ll be making this soon since I lost my last cozy. But they’re great for keeping your hand cool, they feel very nice, and they get lots of comments. Something about a soft bright pink cup cozy makes people smile 🙂

Great pattern, Rachel! I made one like this myself once, but never wrote down my pattern (oops). It has gotten a lot of compliments from my friends so I’m sure yours will too. It’s also very environmentally friendly! 🙂

So no increases are necessary? I have one started (freehand) using a J hook, double crochet, and working rounds without turning and I was looking at patterns for when and how much to increase for the widening of the cup at the top.

I have been searching for a great cozy to make, I wanted to try felting too. I just completed my first one and its in the wash and will be done shortly looking forward to seeing the finished product. *smiling P.S. I have added you on my FB so I can follow along and see/use the many ideas. Thanks much!

Hi Sandy, the turn is the same sort of turn as if you were working in rows. You turn to work in the directions you just came from. This is done while working in the round to prevent the seam (made from the chain) from spiraling around the work. You don’t have to turn if you prefer not to.

I have made a few of these and they have turned out great. I made them out of acrylic yarn scraps from completed projects. I believe you also used acrylic yarn in your sample? However, my friends have said that after a couple uses, the coffee sleeve began to stretch. What type of yarn would you recommend?

Hi Lisa, I used cotton yarn in the picture. Cotton seems to be a bit less stretchy compared to acrylic, although it can still stretch. Also, if you wash the sleeve every so often they should shrink back into their original shape.

Hi Corinne, this pattern is crocheted in a circle where the ends are joined together at the end of each round. The “sl st in top of beginning ch-2” at the end of each round means to make a slip stitch into the top of the chain 2 that you made at the beginning of the round. That way the end of the round will be joined to the beginning of the round. If you already crocheted the entire sleeve without joining at the end of each round, you can sew the ends together with a strand of yarn if you’d like.

Hi Jessica! The ch 2 should be equivalent to the height of your hdc stitches. When you make the slip stitch, you’ll make it into the top of the ch 2 that you made at the beginning of the round, this joins the end of the round to the beginning of the round. The top of the ch 2 is the second chain (it sits on top of the first chain).